Hook and eye.



No 861,876. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. P. MEYBRS.

HOOK AND EYE. arrmpwron FILED JAN.1 7, 1907.

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FREDERICK MEYERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOOK AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed January 17, 1907. Serial No. 352,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MEYERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hook and eye fastening, the object of which is to allow the hook and-eye to be easily applied without sewing and secure them in the cloth against liability of becoming detached.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawing, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of a hook and eye applied to use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the hook open. Fig. 3 is a side view of the eye open. Fig. 4 is a side view of the hook closed. Fig. 5 is a side view of the eye closed.

In this drawing the letters a and a represent the pointed or pin ends of a hook and eye. The hook member has a loop 6 formed by bending the pin a. The wire is again bent at c and forms a double or strengthened loop. Another bend is shown extending from 6 to f and from f to g which latter bend forms an engagement or shoulder part to receive pin a. This pin or point a after piercing the goods is snapped into shoulder portion f whereby the hook is securely held in place by its interlocking pin and shoulderportions. The bend or loop b gives the pin springiness whereby it is made to snap and sit in shoulder portion f.

The free end of the shank or support e to f is bent to form a loop h and the point portion a of this hook member sits in such loop. By reason of this pin portion a sitting in the loop h the person using this hook and eye when running his hand or fingers over the hook or eye member will not be scratched or injured by the said point or pin end of the shank b a.

The eye member has the pin a bent at b to 0 whereby an eye is formed which engages the hook part b of the hook member in the well known manner. The wire of the eye member is bent at d and forms shoulder or engagement portion e adapted to receive the pin a. The point of the pin sits in loop f the same as the pin point a of the hook portion.

The curved or looped shanks to h or d to f in each case forms a supporting member for the fastening while the straight pin or point shank b to a or b to a forms an attaching member which can pierce the goods to which the fastening is to be applied. The supporting member being bent so as to pass about or around the attaching member forms a secure attachment.

What I claim is:

1. A fastening means comprising a member of a hook and eye device formed from Wire constituting a supporting member and an attaching member, the free end of the supporting member being bent to pass over and around the pin shank and under the pin point and form a shouldered portion and the attaching member being straight and pointed to pierce the fabric and engage the shouldered portion.

2. A fastening means comprising a member of a hook and eye device formed from wire constituting a supporting member and an attaching member, the free end of the supporting member being bent to pass over and around the pin shank and under the pin point and form a shouldered portion and the attaching member being straight and pointed to pierce the fabric and engage the shouldered portion the joining part of the shanks being bent to form the engaging part of a member of a hook and eye device.

3. A fastening means comprising a member of a hook and eye device each formed from a single piece of wire bent to constitute supporting and attaching members, the supporting member being bent to pass about the other member and to form a shoulder portion at its free end, and the attaching member or pin point being straight and pointed to pierce the fabric and engage and sit on the shoulder portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK MEYERS.

Witnesses EDWARD Wmsnnn, CHRISTIAN ALMSTEAD. 

